Brian Cole Bio

Brian Cole is a Managing Director in Baird’s Global Technology & Services Investment Banking Group. He focuses on Financial Technology and Tech-Enabled Outsourcing within the Financial Services & Technology practice. Prior to joining Baird in 2010, Brian was a Manager in PricewaterhouseCoopers’ transaction services practice where he led M&A advisory and financial due diligence engagements for private equity and corporate clients including LBOs, mergers, carve-out divestitures, take-privates and joint ventures. Brian received both a bachelor’s degree in business with honors and an MBA from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. In the community, Brian serves on the Advisory Board of the United Performing Arts Foundation, an umbrella charitable organization and the largest donor to the Wisconsin’s performing arts organizations.